Tuesday, November 16, 2004

Tony Blair, in his speech at the Lord Mayor's Banquet on the occasion of Jacques Chirac's visit to London:

I know one thing. If we were under direct threat, America would be our ally. I
know that its people enjoy, as we have seen, a vibrant competitive democracy;
and that in America, Hispanics, blacks, Asians and former Europeans live
together, worship in their different ways and can rise from the bottom to the
top in a manner we could do well to emulate. I didn't agree with Michael Moore's
film. But in America he was able to make it and be praised for it. This is
called freedom.